With this Pencil, Anything is Possible

Part I · The High School Era (1992–1996)

With this pencil, anything is possible.

There are tales I could weave you
Would never believe.
Stories I could write where the blind
Would find sight,
And legends of men who could move
Oceans.
And I can move your emotions!

I can lighten your day, gloomy and gray,
Or put you under duress—
Or summon sympathy from someone
Merciless!

I can make you laugh, force a sigh.
Or make you cry, and you wonder why?
Because all this can be done
Thanks to one thing, just one:

With this pencil, anything is possible.

Composed 1992–1996 · part of the Poems collection · authorship documented on the Provenance page.